Rescinding the Requirement for Electronic Logging Device Operator's Manual Located in Commercial Motor Vehicles

What it does

FMCSA amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) to rescind the requirement for a copy of the electronic logging device (ELD) operator's manual to be kept in a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). Drivers are required to understand the operation of the ELD on the vehicle to ensure the accuracy of their electronic records of duty status and to present this information during inspections by enforcement officials. There is no readily apparent benefit to continuing to require that the user's manual be in the CMV given the use of ELDs since December 2019. This final rule eliminates a regulatory burden on motor carriers without compromising safety.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

49 CFR 395

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published 21 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 6 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2126-AC88 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• May 30, 2025 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Rescinding the Requirement for Electronic Logging Device Operator's Manual Located in Commercial Motor Vehicles

What happens next and when

Effective July 22, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FMCSA-2025-0114 on Regulations.gov
• Title 49 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register